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    Using text string in x-axis in XY scatter plot

    I have a data point set like this

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    I have selected the XY scatter type. Problem is that the X-axis contains 1, 2, 3. However I want to see x1, x2, x3.
    How can I change the default format?
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    Re: Using text string in x-axis in XY scatter plot

    Hi,

    Not sure I understand. An x-y scatter plot is designed to do precisely just that, i.e. plot one set of values (x-axis) against another (y-axis).

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    Re: Using text string in x-axis in XY scatter plot

    If your x values are really text use a line chart which will display the xaxis as category

    Your data suggests you want to plot 2 series (base and second)
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    Re: Using text string in x-axis in XY scatter plot

    Yes thank you. I used the line chart and then set the line color to "No color". Then the lines were gone and the point remained.

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